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Approval
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“Any action whose reasons and explanations can all be contained in a few smooth practical sentences, and which arouses a unanimous chorus of approval from all the family and relations, may well be suspected of not being a living, deep-rooted action at all and scarcely worth pursuing. ”
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“I don't even / Like you / And / I want / Your / Approval.”
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“Praise keeps productivity and quality high. This works especially with those who do routine jobs over a long period of time. We all appreciate recognition. No one can ever get too much approval.”
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“One cares so little for the style in which one's praises are written.”
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“To see men admitting that you are what you believe yourself to be, is one of the triumphs of existence.”
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“How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!”
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“Shyness is I-ness. Shyness is really wondering if you have other people's approval.”
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“I believe that we, as a nation, have a complex about being being liked and admired that gets in the way of our true functions.”
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“I will not ask that you nor you approve. The wild thyme is itself nor asks consent of rose nor reed.”
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“Don't look left nor right and never compete. Never. Watching the other guy is what kills all forms of energy.”
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“There's a big difference between tolerance and approval, and I have no right to expect or demand the latter from anyone.”
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“More than nine tenths of the suffering we endure is because those around us do not show that regard for us which we think they ought to.”
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“Never in her life had any object, or friendship, or experience acquired value for her save through the eyes of others.”
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“Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.”
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“I looked always outside of myself to see what I could make the world give me instead of looking within myself to see what was there.”
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“Material things aside, we need not advice but approval.”
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“She who trims herself to suit everyone will soon whittle herself away.”
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“You can't do anything worth while till you get over minding what people say.”
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“I let him invent me / in the image of the reflection / in his eyes. I dance, I dance / in an abundance of sudden wings. / ... / When he's not looking at me, / I search for my reflection / on the wall. All I see / is a nail on which a painting hung.”